By Omar L. Gallaga

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The blog writer's child expresses delight over some of the first-generation iPhone's tastier features. Omar L. Gallaga

 

Today's All Tech Considered segment is about what happens when the youngest kids get a hold of your cell phone. If you're not careful, it's certainly a recipe for disaster (or at least a lot of sound-muffling slobber).

We included some of the stories from readers we received on Sara Sarasohn's original blog post and a follow-up post here.

Some other tidbits: the Leapfrog toy phone/toddler-safe PDA we mention in the piece is called the Text & Learn.

Here's a video of the Toddler Lock app for Android phones.

This toy laptop from Vtech is the one we got our daughter to keep her off my Macbook. We've had mixed results with that strategy.

Lastly, please make sure to protect your phone from crawfish fryers like these.

categories: Gadgets

2:22 - June 8, 2009